it be that manufacturing could return to the united states because robots cost the same here as opposeedr anywhere else that may be. >> when i look at corporations like general electric, and small start-ups that are moving back to the united states right now. there is no one single factor. there is a convergence of factors, falling cost of labor transportation costs energy costs in china and the protection of intellectual property and finally basically time to market. when you have to keep your engineers on jets for 16 hours each direction every time you make a change or do a design--new design, that adds to the time it takes to get to market, and getting to market quickly is one of the most important things in the competitive economy. >> eliot: real quickly, is there a new domain of jobs being created of people who design the robots or do robots design themselves. >> do robots design themselves? that's probably a subject for the screen fiction part of your show. i think there is--there are elements of design that are automated not completely. are there robot jobs? yes, that's one of the

medicare and social security, and i support a job plan that is going to put america back to work as opposeedpolitical gains. >> jennifer: are you worried at all--florida has been in the news because of its efforts to suppress votes. are you worried that that is going to impact your race? >> well, i think it's a shame that a right that is really the very foundation of who we are as americans is being threatened the way it is. i think about my own mother who--about seven years ago had her driver's license removed because she developed glaucoma. so she no longer had a photo i.d. a woman who voted the majority of her life would not have been able to vote without that i.d. in this election. and i think that's a shame. but you control the things that you can control and we're going to be on the ground educating the voters to make sure that they have the proper i.d. when they get to the polls. don't wait until election day if you're uncertain. vote early. vote by absentee ballot, but find a way to exercise one of those most basic rights and that's a right to be able to cast their vote. >> jennifer: